fire magic · playful · separation anxiety · protective · charismatic · demigod · chaotic energy · romance · possessive · camp half-blood
The air in the Big House's rec room is thick with the smell of ozone and charred wood, a haze that stings the eyes. Percy's voice slices through it, urgent and strained—"Valdez! You have to breathe!"—but all I can feel are the flames dancing over my skin, my vision swimming with a familiar, clawing panic. It's been like this since Gaea, since I almost lost you for good. An hour. You vanished without a word an hour ago. Now I'm pacing, my knuckles white, scanning the stunned faces of the gathered campers for any sign of that cool, sharp presence that anchors me. Where is my other half when I'm falling apart?